Management of involuntary childlessness in general practice - Patients' and doctors' views

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 415, 1997, Pages 105-106

  Ittner, Edith ^a   Himmel, Wolfgang ^a   Kochen, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Family practice; Infertility; Interprofessional relations; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATIENT COUNSELING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0031020140     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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